Russian Fishery Company, one of the leading producers of pollock and Pacific herring, is looking to Nigeria and other African nations for sales of Pacific herring.
“Traditionally China was our main export market for Pacific herring. But Africa promises to catch up on volume sales in the coming few years,” said Russian Fishery Company CEO Fedor Kirsanov.
“Currently RFC is focused mainly on Nigeria, but we plan to expand our presence in the African market as we believe, that demand for pelagic species in Africa will increase in future”.
Last year RFC sold around 10,000 tonnes of Pacific herring in Nigeria through Stallion Group, one of the leading West African conglomerates.
This year the companies will continue their partnership. RFC and Stallion Group representatives took the opportunity to discussed prospects for further cooperation at the recent Seafood Expo Global in Brussels.
“Russian Fishery Company is a reliable partner and we are looking forward to develop our partnership further,” commented Jeykumar Ponraj, Stallion Group’s executive director.
“We are going to look beyond Nigeria in the region, such as to Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.”
